Board 8 > 34 y/o Mom is accused of FORCING her 3 y/o SON to be GAY cause he wear DRESSES!.

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34 y/o Mom, Danielle Carver Folkner from Kingsport, Tennessee is clapping back at conservative critics who accuse her of "trying to make her son gay" after allowing him to wear DRESSES and buying him PRINCESS SKIRTS!!

She said since he was a little boy, Jameson, who is now 3, has been gravitating towards his sister's dresses and princess shoes when it comes to dressing himself.

Seeing how happy it was for him, she continued to dress him in clothes and toys that are normally for girls.

But now she's getting heat from right-wing groups who and are sending hurtful slurs, especially in public and claim she is "trying to make him gay" and asking "what the f*** is wrong with you?"

They said she should be raising him as a MAN before he can make an informed decision on his SEXUALITY!!

But the stay at home mother has continued to do what she's been doing because that's what Jameson wants as he's even going trick or treating dressed as BO PEEP from Toy Story because he loved the character from Toy Story 4 and she even suggested Buzz but he said "no mommy, i be bo peep" and said he wasn't giving it up so she let him buy it...

She said "Jameson has 2 big sisters that are very girly and he likes to do whatever they do. He has worn many princess dresses and his favourite item of clothing was a girl's nightgown and he has just now outgrown it. He has been out in girls clothes too many times for me to count and i continue to receive rude comments and stares. One day Jameson was wearing the purple dress in the photo and i was told that me allowing him to wear a dress is what's wrong with the world and are confusing our child who are turning gay and becoming 'mentally ill'. There are many battles i will have with my children in my life, my son wearing a princess dress is not my biggest issue. I've always been a big believer in letting kids have some creative freedom and self expression. One day he can be in jeans and a t-shirt, another day he's in a dress and that's okay with me. Whoever he becomes later in life will be his decision and i will support and love him no matter what"

His dad was less than thrilled about all this but now sees how happy his son is and he's happy for him

Do you have beef with how she's raising her son?




















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Great. A parent that just lets her child be who he wants to be.

And funny, I have this weird feeling that if the girls were caught wearing "boy's clothes" and playing with cars, there would be practically not reactions to it.

Stuff like this just reminds me how amazing animals are.
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She's not "trying to make her son gay"

he's already gay

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Aecioo posted...

She's not "trying to make her son gay"

he's already gay

I don't think you can make that assertion definitively.

I do wonder though if the boy would do the same things if he did not have two older sisters but two older brothers or even no siblings at all.

It reeks to me of him trying to be like his older sisters through a learned behavior. @ me in 15 years to see how this turns out.

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Corrik7 posted...

I do wonder though if the boy would do the same things if he did not have two older sisters but two older brothers or even no siblings at all.

There's still a mom to borrow clothes from, so eventually it would come out if there's some desire for experimentation there. (Not until the kid was big enough to try on mom's clothes, but still).

This is likely unrelated to the sibling situation.

I do agree that it doesn't really indicate that the kid is gay or trans any more than a girl playing with cars indicates that. (Although it does make it more likely. But definitely not guaranteed, the same way plenty of girls go through a tomboy phase without growing up to be lesbians).
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Wearing dresses doesnt make you gay.
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I'm not sure why anyone would have a problem with how she's raising her kid. Sounds like a good mom, to me.

Also, I get the feeling that if this mom instead sent her kid to conversion therapy, the same people attacking her now would be APPLAUDING her for 'turning him straight.' (Which is literally what she'd be trying to do in that scenario)

And I want to know why are some toys 'Just for girls" and others 'just for boys". The concept doesn't make any sense to me. Any toys that couldn't be played with by both, would NOT be for children.
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Pffft imagine taking Aecioo seriously. His username is a misspelled sneeze for goodness sake!

Anyway I'm pleased with this mother empowering her child to dress the way he wants to. I can only hope he doesn't get bullied by other kids and develop a complex as a result. Children can be the most innocent, most accepting beings on the planet... or they can be snide judgmental little bullying imps. Not sure I could be brave enough to roll the dice and let my kids go out in public like that. My question is why not split the difference and get the lil' dude a kilt? That way he can be wearing "a dress" (of sorts) but still be deemed socially acceptable (aside from idiots who don't know what kilts are).
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GenesisSaga posted...

I can only hope he doesn't get bullied by other kids and develop a complex as a result. Children can be the most innocent, most accepting beings on the planet... or they can be snide judgmental little bullying imps. Not sure I could be brave enough to roll the dice and let my kids go out in public like that.

That's exactly why it's bad parenting IMO. There isn't anything wrong with what the boy is doing, but the mother needs to understand that he will be surrounded by kids who won't be as open-minded as most people. As you said though, kids are perfectly capable of being accepting, but then...they also aren't at the same time. I think there is a huge unnecessary risk of him being bullied, even if only passively in the form of shunning, which could very easily stunt his growth as a human. I don't think it's a parents job to try to make social stands with their child; they really need to try to do what is best for their child. Again, I'm not condemning the child's choice, but the mother truly needs to be aware of what is ahead of him, and given the older sister's (as a younger sibling, I can attest that I often tried to imitate my older siblings) it doesn't really mean anything, especially since he's literally 3 years old.
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